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Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · 19d

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Years Ago, Black Feminists Worked Together to Unmask Twitter Trolls Posing as Women of Color. If Only More People Paid Attention.

Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · 19d

I’m doing qual research for the first time this year, and it’s SO cool! So many amazing insights about people’s lives RIGHT NOW!

Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · 26d

I’m so sorry for your loss. 😔

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[🤬🟥🐼] @angryredpanda.bsky.social · 29d

The Black Feminists Who Saw the Alt-Right Threat Coming

Before Gamergate, before the 2016 election, they launched a campaign against Twitter trolls masquerading as women of color. If only more people had paid attention.

(Context for #EndFathersDay)

The fake accounts had handles like @NayNayCantStop, @LatrineWatts, and @CisHate, and bios like “Queer + black + angry.”

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Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · 29d

Not sure what to do about this, but it’s an important reality to face about the US in 2025

#polarization
#SocialMedia

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Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show

Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · 29d

@louierivers3.bsky.social has been talking to me about the badness and importance of Gamergate for a decade. I’m not a gamer and I don’t get it, but it’s been sitting there as an unseeded 🚨 warning for a long time now…

Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · 29d

For obvious reasons, I’m very interested in this admin’s attacks on Black women

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · Sep 12

The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.

Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.

These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

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Luke Dionise @lukedionise.bsky.social · Sep 10

I feel awful for the Utah Valley University students who had to experience a shooting on their campus. My university is still feeling the effects of its own shooting, and I know personally what it’s like to have your sense of security shattered in a place you always felt at home. The US needs reform

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Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · Aug 27

We don’t have to live like this

Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · Aug 27

I have a list of things we can do to change this tempo of tragedy

The proposals are based on real data
They have had signals of efficacy

It may feel hopeless today but:

I refuse to give up.

Because - Our babies & our communities deserve better than a rolling litany of horrors.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Aug 27

BREAKING: Two children were killed and 17 people injured in a shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school, police said. The shooter is also dead.

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Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · Sep 10

What do you think after looking at the grant titles?

My read: Florida was building up its biomedical research w funding that expands research in underserved places that haven’t had a lot of NIH funding. So they’d put “Florida” in titles to emphasize place. Anti-DEI cuts target these funding types

Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · Sep 10

And “program”

Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · Sep 10

I think “Center” is also an important keyword as infrastructure for training and interdisciplinary work are targeted

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Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thanks for this reading list. Really important to keep in mind when hearing voices against GLP-1 access and coverage.

As much money as there is in GLP-1s, there is even more in Big Food Manufacturing

Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · Sep 10

😔 It’s really hard

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Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · Sep 10

With RFK, Jr so in the news rn, I have 2 recommendations for anyone wanting to do a deep-dive into the #MAHA political movement:

1. This podcast episode from @whyshoulditrustyou.bsky.social

2. This video collaboration of @nytimes.com & @derekberes.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...

Opinion | You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories

Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · Sep 10

🧵8/ This video about an analysis of 38 super-influencers make clear how these ideas were intentionally and strategically spread. Undermining trust in traditional health care is super profitable

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...

www.nytimes.com

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Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · Sep 10

🧵7/ When I listened to this episode back in May, I thought these mixups about where the Big Money actually is in healthcare were just signs that we in public health and medicine are bad public communicators (I mean, we are! 😁)

But there was more to it…

Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · Sep 10

🧵6/ And more Follow-The-Money mixups

They thought childhood vaccines were super-profitable to MDs & pharma…

and that docs writing Rx make more money than the ones selling supplements & compounded drugs

Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · Sep 10

🧵5/ The critique of Big Money influences on health was all mixed up in a confusing way…

Like, they seemed convinced that pediatricians & family medicine docs were making big money…

(not the case; they are v low-paid compared to other doctors, esp considering debt from med school)…

Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · Sep 10

🧵4/ more discouraging for idea of easy-to-find common ground:

In a face-off btw Changing the System versus libertarianism, libertarianism won for these folks

We all criticize influence of big money, but an ethos of Individualism (“freedom from”) was stronger than regulation (“govt power to”)

Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · Sep 10

🧵3/ I see themes in #MAHA that I love. I want systems change in food supply, health care too!

But this convo made clear to me:

For these folks, Representation (a having a voice at the table from
someone they trust) was a higher priority than systems change

And that’s normal & understandable

Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · Sep 10

🧵2/ First the (semi-hopeful?) caveat: The folks interviewed here are not representative of all MAHA folks. Most worked on RFK Jr.’s campaign.

They are ride-or-die true believers

They love RFK. Full stop.

So outreach/messaging that doesn’t resonate with them might actually resonate w others

Special: MAHA Meets w Public Health, the 2nd Conversation: On RFK Jr., Vaccines, Corporate Influence, & More

Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · Sep 10

🧵 I’m a public health researcher who wants to build bridges

This podcast ep with #MAHA folks from May has been taking up brain space all summer

the convo was illuminating & discouraging

@meganranney.bsky.social
@kkjetelina.bsky.social

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Podcast Episode · Why Should I Trust You? · 05/20/2025 · 1h 34m

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Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · Sep 9

I am also a budget hobbyist (Go, #YNAB), so I do get the author’s point. But, yeah, the post made me sad. I expected it to end with: “Here’s the cool thing I’m doing with the extra money!” Without that, it felt deflating to me.